The most horrible and despicable form of gender violence or toxic misogyny is rampant in Pakistan that is when a woman dares to sele t her life partner and enter into a bond of marriage or dares to love the man of her choice she is condemned to death by elders of her tribe and even her own family.

The most recent and gruesome spectacle of the so called honor killings was observed in the Jaffarabad district of Baluchistan when a young girl was shot down in the presence of several men. A dozen men have been taken into custody including a tribal elder who ordered the shooting and a terrorism case has been registered against them. This latest case of honor killing has now been transferred to the serious crimes investigation wing after the video of the gruesome tragedy went viral and the Chief Minister Baluchistan took notice. The Quetta judicial magistrate ordered the body of the girl to be exhumed for a post mortem.

During the same time two men in Attock went on the rampage to restore family “Honor” when another woman was gunned down by her father and husband over doubts about her “Character” and in Dir another young couple suffered the same fate who were suspected of having illicit relations by their family elders. The scourge of the so called honor killings is nothing new in Pakistan According to a report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan from January to November 2004 346 people were killed in Pakistan for the “Honor” of........

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